Charles Darwin

Find the best quotes, maxims and aphorisms of Charles Darwin

Biography : English naturalist.
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Charles Darwin - Quotes

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
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friendship

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.
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future

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
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To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
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History

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
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False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
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